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  • verb Present participle of cop.

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Examples

  • The mechanism that Koonin copping out on science over is an inherent thermodynamic predispositioning toward absolute symmetry that evolution accomplishes with the exact necessary amount of help from a ** practical**, (not perfect), environment.

    Again, there is absolutely no teleology involved 2007

  • The mechanism that Koonin copping out on science over is an inherent thermodynamic predispositioning toward absolute symmetry that evolution accomplishes with the exact necessary amount of help from a ** practical**, (not perfect), environment.

    Again, there is absolutely no teleology involved 2007

  • The egotistical Göring, who knew the only question remaining was how he met his end, was intrigued with the idea of copping a plea and ratting on his comrades—if the price were right.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • The egotistical Göring, who knew the only question remaining was how he met his end, was intrigued with the idea of copping a plea and ratting on his comrades—if the price were right.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • Total abstention (aka copping out) or starting that aforementioned one-member party and voting for it.

    Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Total abstention (aka copping out) or starting that aforementioned one-member party and voting for it.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Total abstention (aka copping out) or starting that aforementioned one-member party and voting for it.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Perhaps you should leave the "copping" behind when you head for the field.

    44 Mag 2009

  • Perhaps you should leave the "copping" behind when you head for the field.

    44 Mag 2009

  • The conversation was very easy to overhear; it contained no reference to the 'copping' of Jack.

    The Nether World George Gissing 1880

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